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Re:When India Kicked Out Coca-Cola, Local Sodas Thrived by hiyer on Monday February 18, 2019 @11:20PM (#19196558)
The drugs manufactured by Indian cos are licensed, not stolen. The US itself imports several billions worth of pharmas from India every year, and the USFDA inspects pharma plants in India for this reason.
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Re:When India Kicked Out Coca-Cola, Local Sodas Thrived by masonic on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @05:54AM (#19198067)
The issue is much more complex.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnlamattina/2013/04/08/indias...

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Re:When India Kicked Out Coca-Cola, Local Sodas Thrived by brianpgordon on Monday February 18, 2019 @11:46PM (#19196665)
The reason that drugs manufactured in India and sold in India and developing countries are so cheap is that India has compulsory licensing and very weak protection for analogues. The US puts up with it because it's a big market and it can't stand US-level prices anyway. But it's not Indian IP, and I don't think it's much of a stretch to call it "stolen," at least insofar as intellectual property can be stolen at all.
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